Jonathan's POV
I didn't ask to be here but I have to do what's expected of me. They say that heavy is the head that wears the Crown and I am beginning to understand that expression now more than ever, it isn't exactly about the weight of the crown but about the weight on your shoulders when you have to lead.
My father is a ruthless man and I had vowed to never follow in his footsteps but now I understand why he is like that, when you are a leader you have to get comfortable with being uncomfortable, you have to make decisions that will make people hate you.
I am in a strange land leading strange people who know nothing about me and vice versa. I had been talking to some of the elders and they have been telling me about how they do things around here. I must admit that it was very different from what we do and my pack.
I have since learned that the Crescent's are people who value traditions so I have had to teach myself some of the things around here. the elders have been kind and they have been willing to share with me everything I wanted to know.
I might not be off Crescent blood but I do not want to come here and take away everything they hold dear. I have taken away their leader and I am not going to take away their livelihood as well.
I have also learnt that if they very much valued and respected the alpha that I decapitated and even in death they are still loyal to him. I then realised that it will take more than just an iron Fist hand to lead this people.
I lived in this big old house but I knew that I had eyes and ears everywhere, even behind this walls I knew everything that was happening out there. I knew that everyone wanted Elena on the chair that I was sitting on right now.
They're are saying that and that I should be here, despite the fact that I am now they're Alpha. I then realised that killing her would be a great mistake so instead I decided to propose something totally different.
After she refused to submit to me she then went on to tell me that you wanted to challenge me and my place is an Alpha. she proposed a conclaid. she is challenging me to a dual match.
I now understand what's the meant when they said that she was headstrong and that she had a warrior spirit. I found it cute that she thought that she could actually win against me.
I know it's that there is no ways that she can beat me but I also know that if I am to lead the pack then I would need her by my side so I gave her what she wanted but I had conditions of my own.
I agreed to the fight but I told her that if I won then she would have to marry me, this is the only way I am going to move forward and do what I need to do. I have a company that I want to run so I cannot be stuck in this house the whole day.
You see on the other hand she has been trained all her life to be where I am today so if I marry her then I can kill two birds with one stone. I will finally get the respect I need and hopefully the loyalty I need from the pack and she can also do what she has always wanted to do whilst I run my business.
"What?" She asked me looking at me like I was crazy. I must admit that it was a shocker and i don't blame her. She didn't see this one coming. I know that I have a girlfriend I love back home but this was the only way to get what I want.
"If and when you lose this fight you will bow down and accept me as your Alpha, then you will marry me under the willow tree." I said and saw her eyes going wide.
like I said I had been listening to the elders in the village and they told me that the Willow Tree is where all of the past Alpha's got married and that when they get married in that place they can never leave each other no matter what, they said that the place had mystical powers that joined not only two bodies but two souls together.
getting married under the Willow Tree is like a spiritual bond between two people and whenever our wolves need, they will always be attracted to one another.
"No! why would I want that kind of connection with you?" She asked me with horror in her eyes. I understand because this is a scary thing for her.
"Because you can finally get everything you have ever wanted. " I said to her.
"What do you mean?" she asked.
" I understand that you want to be the leader of this place and I suppose this is how things were supposed to be for you, you were supposed to be your father's successor unfortunately for you I am the man in charge.
I have since realised that people in this place will always have a soft spot for you and your family. If I want to lead then it would be better to have one of you on my side. I could take one of your sisters but we both know they can't lead." I said.
"what are you asking to me right now?" She asked.
"I mean that I have a business to run, I can't be here all day listening to the packs never ending grievances. This is a win win situation for you." I said.
I am a businessman and I know what sells and how to sell it. I can see the look in her face right now. she is thinking about what I told her. It is a good offer and she would be a fool to turn it down.
I don't want a loving wife, I just want her to be obedient and take care of things when I am not around. I work with Nia and we work well together. I will explain things to her. I will tell her that this is just a marriage on paper.
My father and everyone else had already said that we were doomed from the start. My position here has made me question a lot of things. I didnt want to lose Nia and if she agrees to be with me, we can continue where we left off.
"So what do you say firecracker?" I asked her.
"Fine then, If I get my way there won't even be any marriage because you will leave this place for good." She said.
"Alright then, I'll give you a week to prepare. I want to make this a fair fight so I'll let you out of the dungeon, you can pick out two guys to spot with." I said firmly. I wanted her to think that she had a shot.
This way, when I finally beat her, she will finally see that she has no choice but to submit to me and marry me. She's strong but not strong enough for me. She will lose and I will be the one she loses to.
"What makes you think that I won't run away?" She asked.
"I don't but I know that you won't leave your sisters..." I said.
This is true, she has been fighting for her family and her sisters and her family and she won't leave them, the same way they wouldn't leave her.
She was right about one thing though, I came in an changed everything. I had no choice but to do that. This is an era for a new leader, one that is always up for change.
"Fine then, I have one more request." She said.
I can only wonder what she wants from me now. I had already given her freedom, she just had to see it and now she wants to have another request.
"What do you want?" I asked her.
"Can I have my old room back since I am out of the dog house and all?" She asked. I know which one was her old room because her sisters told me. The problem was that the room was next to the room I was using.
I don't trust that she won't try to kill me in my sleep. Plus her room was no longer hers, It belonged to me. Everything here belonged to me but if I want this to work, I have to give her a bit of trust. Even if it might kill me.
"Fine, I'll get someone to prepare it for you, in the meantime, I think that your sisters might like to see you." I said hoping for her to see that I was extending an olive branch.
"Where are they?" She asked me.
"Outside training with others." I said.
"What? My sisters don't know anything about combat..." She said in horror.
"Which is why they couldn't defend themselves." I said hoping that she will see why it has to be this way.
Elena's POVJonathan is a ruthless man but I have seen that he is not without mercy. I must also admit that he was smarter than I would like to admit. He is a strategist and he is very good at it.I can't believe that I had just agreed to his insane demands. I just also couldn't believe that he has agreed to a conclaid. A part of me knows that I might not even win this but I know I would hate myself if I didn't give it a try.I owed this not only to my family but myself to try and regain what's rightfully ours. Jonathan was also right when he said that I want to be on the seat and lead the pack, I just don't want to marry him to do that.I can only think about what my sisters are going to think about me agreeing to something so crazy, especially since he wants us to get married under our sacred willow tree.I have never thought of myself being tied to someone so I never even thought I would even imprint on anyone. I don't want to mate with Jonathan
Jonathan's POVI didn't think that Elena would agree to the agreement I have with her but she did and so I want to make sure that she doesn't back down on her word. I called my father because I needed his counsel.For the first time in a long time my father my father said something to me that I have never heard him say to me before. He told me that he was proud of me for the decisions that I was taking and he said that taking a wife it's something that he would have done if you was in my position.He told me that it's the right thing to do and he also told me that I had to make sure that I teach Elena a a lesson that she can't forget, that means that he wants me to make sure that she doesn't stand a chance against me in the fight.He said that I should punish her into submission but that is not what I want to do. I honestly didn't picture myself being here and preparing myself to be getting married. I hope that Elena sees that I am not without mercy.
Elena's POVI left Jonathan's office and I went into my old room and for a minute I thought I had been lost because it didn't look anything like the room that I knew, it looks like Jonathan took it up on himself to renovate the whole entire house.I am a hundred percent sure that he hired a designer to do everything in here because everything looked great. I didn't think that he would even have clothes ready for me when he said that my bath was ready.I went into the bathroom and I was immediately hit with a beautiful smell of Jasmine. I got out of the dirty clothes and I went into the bath I closed my eyes, the water felt amazing seeing that I hadn't had a bath in weeks.Tonight is a special night for every one of us. We are going to be one with our wolve's. We are going to be running freely in the woods and getting in touch with out primal sides.I used to love these nights because my father and I did our own thing. When everyone goes into the wo
Jonathan's POVI am in my office looking at my phone as it rings and I can't bring myself to answer it. Nia has been calling me for the past week and I haven't answered her calls, this is because I don't know what to say to her.I know that our relationship was doomed from the start but I was selfish enough to let her fall in love with me and now that she is in love with me I cannot bring myself to break her heart. I don't want to.The elders had told me that even if I don't want to break her heart I am going to and it was eminent. I wish it wasn't true but I have always known deep down in my heart that we were not meant to be together and that is the real reason why I couldn't imprint on her.They said that imprinting came naturally but for her I was willing to anything to imprint on her. I tried for years but couldn't get there, I just thought that it didn't matter just as long as we were together.I know that my feelings for her are real but I a
Elena's POVI was sitting in my room preparing myself to leave in the last few minutes when I heard a knock on the door. I couldn't stop wondering for advance because I wasn't expecting anybody.I was brushing my hair so I put the brush down on my dresser and I went to open the door. I didn't you expect to find the person I was seeing, especially since he snapped at me earlier on."What do you want?" I asked him and went back to brushing my hair."I came to let you know that the others wont be joining us, most of the Luna's want to experience the turning with the Crescent pack." he said."Fine." I said without turning my head to look at him. I've only been released for a few hours but I was already enough of seeing Jonathan's face.Natalie came in here on to check up on you and she asked me how I managed to get out of the dungeon without a scratch. I thought about lying to her but I knew that it wouldn't do me any good because th
Jonathan's POVElena and I have managed to make it to the woods and I wasn't expecting her to be shy around me especially since just not a young girl anymore. she couldn't look at me when I undressed which made me wonder about a lot of things.I had no problem with her looking at me because this is what we do in our pack. We do not hide from each other especially when we have to change into our werewolves during the full moon.I guess I can say that Elena might just be full of surprises given the way she acted when she saw me undress. I think it's better to assume that I am probably the first guy she has seen without his clothes on.She wanted some privacy so I just let her go and hide behind a tree to change and when she came out she took my breath away. I knew that I couldn't just stand there and look at her without anything happening between us so I just ran into the woods and she followed me.I personally think that Elena is a wonderful g
Elena's POVWhen Jonathan came into our home and took over everything that I loved, I felt like my life was coming to an end, he took everything away from me and he wasn't sorry about it. I guess I was waiting for the part when he would say that he was sorry.We went to the bonfire and we found the rest of the Pack there and for one night there was no Cresent pack or Lunar pack, we were all just one pack. Everyone sitting around the bornfire and talkin about the good old times.The elders were also there and I got to spend time with my sister's, we spoke about our father and that he would have probably been there with us and telling stories about his battles whilst getting drunk on moonshine.I urged Jonathan to make a short speech and he mentioned that he was looking forward to working with everyone and that tonight proved that we can all work together if we put our minds to it.Jonathan said that this is a start of a new era and that it is about
Jonathan's POVI don't know if it's this place or if it's Elena but I am starting to see things in a different light . I told Elena that I don't want her fight me anymore. I know that she won't win against me and she knows it as well.We might be from different packs but we are all wolves at the end of the day. We have far more greater threats than us trying to kill each other. We should be working together and not against each other.I might have just counted my chickens before they hatch when it comes to Elena. She's not like any other woman I have met before. She's one of a kind and I might have been blind to that.I then realised that if I want her to respect me then I am gonna have to work hard for it. I knew from day one that she's extraordinary. I haven't spoken or seen Elena in a few days.After telling her that we won't to be fighting like I had said before, she hasn't been around much. I would like to think that it's because